phillip white is watching from the shore and is documenting from across the lake. >> there goes that big one. wow. >> just when it looks like things can't get much worse, the unthinkable happens. >> there was a house i was watching from across the river. the water went around that house, took out this big pine tree that was in front of it. then took out the house. >> this is unbelievable. there it goes. holy cow. unbelievable. oh, my god. >> once it tipped in, it would hold together for a bit then caught up in the chasm of water down there and bust apart. >> onlookers watched helplessly as the unforgiving waters eat away at the land beneath neighboring homes. exposing their foundations and leaving the houses with nothing to stand on. suspended above the swirly waters. >> it turned into a level five rapids. it's unbelievable with a whirlpooling effect. just how quickly the water was moving and you had large land masses falling in. trees falling in. homes falling in. i mean, it was absolutely unbelievable. >> i was extremely upset because now i saw the first two houses go through the g